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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 1, 2022 20:04:49 GMT 12
Does anyone here know about this chap please? What did he fly in the 1932 Hendon Air Pageant? Which squadron? What was his full name?  HENDON AIR PAGEANT. Pilot-Officer F. C. Seavill, formerly of Hamilton, who is to participate in the famous Royal Air Force display at Hendon to-day. NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 25 JUNE 1932 |
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Post by errolmartyn on Nov 1, 2022 22:02:24 GMT 12
From my For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 (Volume Three: Biographies & Appendices):
SEAVILL, Wing Commander Francis Cecil.
29216; b Parnell, Auckland 17 Jun 10; Wanganui Collegiate; farmer - at? Auckland Aero Club, 'A' Licence 2 Nov 29, recommended for RAF SSComm, emb for UK c.Sep 30, selected for RAF SSComm; RAF Depôt as Pilot u/t & SSComm 29 Dec 30, 2FTS 10 Jan 31, Pilots Badge, 57 Sqn (Hart) 29 Dec 31 [anti-gas cse 24 Oct-12 Nov 32], to Aden & 8 Sqn (Fairey IIIF) 8 Feb 33, to UK & Depôt 21 Jun 34, CFS (various a/c types) 23 Jul 34, 5FTS (various a/c types) as FI 22 Oct 34, 10FTS (various a/c types) 17 Jan 36 [as CGI from 8 Apr 37], PComm 1 Jun 36, HQ Trg Cmd for staff duties 9 Nov 38, SDL & to 'Air Force Headquarters, Canada' [= RCAF HQ Ottawa?] for staff duties 15 Jan 40, rtd to UK & 1 Depôt 19 Apr 42, Refresher Flying Trg Sch (Oxford) 7 May 42, 16OTU (Wellington) 2 Jun 42, 22OTU (Wellington) 10 Jun 42, 487 Sqn RNZAF (Ventura - 1 op) as CO 20 Aug 42, kao 6 Dec 42. Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery - 3.C.9, North Brabant, Netherlands. Son of Walter & Aileen May Seavill (née Hull), Auckland; h of Helen Isabel Seavill, Crondall, Hants., England. [OHT1 & OHT2].
Errol
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 1, 2022 22:06:31 GMT 12
Thanks Errol. I never thought to check your books. Sad to see he died in the war.
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Post by retiredav8r on Nov 3, 2022 13:28:19 GMT 12
It is amazing the information that is available if you are prepared to do the research and not wait for someone to do it for you. Another example of and aviation expert that is just a cut and paste expert.
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Post by errolmartyn on Nov 3, 2022 16:43:04 GMT 12
It is amazing the information that is available if you are prepared to do the research and not wait for someone to do it for you. Another example of and aviation expert that is just a cut and paste expert. I would hardly call my approx 20,000 hours of research that went into the compilation of my For Your Tomorow trilogy 'just a cut and paste' excercise. Errol |
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Post by retiredav8r on Nov 3, 2022 18:06:42 GMT 12
my apologies to you sir. I was not referring to your research which obviously is extensive. G
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 3, 2022 21:58:12 GMT 12
my apologies to you sir. I was not referring to your research which obviously is extensive. G Then what exactly were you referring to? |
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Post by gibbo on Nov 3, 2022 22:54:38 GMT 12
From my For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 (Volume Three: Biographies & Appendices): SEAVILL, Wing Commander Francis Cecil. 29216; b Parnell, Auckland 17 Jun 10; Wanganui Collegiate; farmer - at? Auckland Aero Club, 'A' Licence 2 Nov 29, recommended for RAF SSComm, emb for UK c.Sep 30, selected for RAF SSComm; RAF Depôt as Pilot u/t & SSComm 29 Dec 30, 2FTS 10 Jan 31, Pilots Badge, 57 Sqn (Hart) 29 Dec 31 [anti-gas cse 24 Oct-12 Nov 32], to Aden & 8 Sqn (Fairey IIIF) 8 Feb 33, to UK & Depôt 21 Jun 34, CFS (various a/c types) 23 Jul 34, 5FTS (various a/c types) as FI 22 Oct 34, 10FTS (various a/c types) 17 Jan 36 [as CGI from 8 Apr 37], PComm 1 Jun 36, HQ Trg Cmd for staff duties 9 Nov 38, SDL & to 'Air Force Headquarters, Canada' [= RCAF HQ Ottawa?] for staff duties 15 Jan 40, rtd to UK & 1 Depôt 19 Apr 42, Refresher Flying Trg Sch (Oxford) 7 May 42, 16OTU (Wellington) 2 Jun 42, 22OTU (Wellington) 10 Jun 42, 487 Sqn RNZAF (Ventura - 1 op) as CO 20 Aug 42, kao 6 Dec 42. Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery - 3.C.9, North Brabant, Netherlands. Son of Walter & Aileen May Seavill (née Hull), Auckland; h of Helen Isabel Seavill, Crondall, Hants., England. [OHT1 & OHT2]. Errol I understand it was his first combat operation - is that correct? |
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Post by errolmartyn on Nov 4, 2022 11:40:55 GMT 12
From my For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 (Volume Three: Biographies & Appendices): SEAVILL, Wing Commander Francis Cecil. 29216; b Parnell, Auckland 17 Jun 10; Wanganui Collegiate; farmer - at? Auckland Aero Club, 'A' Licence 2 Nov 29, recommended for RAF SSComm, emb for UK c.Sep 30, selected for RAF SSComm; RAF Depôt as Pilot u/t & SSComm 29 Dec 30, 2FTS 10 Jan 31, Pilots Badge, 57 Sqn (Hart) 29 Dec 31 [anti-gas cse 24 Oct-12 Nov 32], to Aden & 8 Sqn (Fairey IIIF) 8 Feb 33, to UK & Depôt 21 Jun 34, CFS (various a/c types) 23 Jul 34, 5FTS (various a/c types) as FI 22 Oct 34, 10FTS (various a/c types) 17 Jan 36 [as CGI from 8 Apr 37], PComm 1 Jun 36, HQ Trg Cmd for staff duties 9 Nov 38, SDL & to 'Air Force Headquarters, Canada' [= RCAF HQ Ottawa?] for staff duties 15 Jan 40, rtd to UK & 1 Depôt 19 Apr 42, Refresher Flying Trg Sch (Oxford) 7 May 42, 16OTU (Wellington) 2 Jun 42, 22OTU (Wellington) 10 Jun 42, 487 Sqn RNZAF (Ventura - 1 op) as CO 20 Aug 42, kao 6 Dec 42. Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery - 3.C.9, North Brabant, Netherlands. Son of Walter & Aileen May Seavill (née Hull), Auckland; h of Helen Isabel Seavill, Crondall, Hants., England. [OHT1 & OHT2]. Errol I understand it was his first combat operation - is that correct? Gibbo, Yes. Errol |
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Post by davidd on Nov 4, 2022 12:29:50 GMT 12
Reading through the record of service, this could well be the case, but can we be certain that he was not ordered to mount any operations at short notice whilst in Canada for instance (although if he was always located at RCAF HQ that would probably be highly unlikely), or even with the two OTUs in the UK? (Possibly more likely, perhaps one of the 1,000 bomber raids maybe (Millenium), but something is definitely wrong with one of the OTU "start" dates!) It is probable that IF the RNZAF staff at Wellington compiling the biography after the war had access to the logbook concerned, any such details would almost certainly have been hi-lighted in the final draft.
Whoops, missed Errol's small reply (above post).
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Post by errolmartyn on Nov 4, 2022 14:13:43 GMT 12
Reading through the record of service, this could well be the case, but can we be certain that he was not ordered to mount any operations at short notice whilst in Canada for instance (although if he was always located at RCAF HQ that would probably be highly unlikely), or even with the two OTUs in the UK? (Possibly more likely, perhaps one of the 1,000 bomber raids maybe (Millenium), but something is definitely wrong with one of the OTU "start" dates!) It is probable that IF the RNZAF staff at Wellington compiling the biography after the war had access to the logbook concerned, any such details would almost certainly have been hi-lighted in the final draft. Whoops, missed Errol's small reply (above post). David, No log book(s) available to the late 1940s bio compiler. Not sure what you mean about the OTU "start" dates. Cheers, Errol |
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Post by davidd on Nov 7, 2022 11:32:18 GMT 12
Hmm, on rechecking the sequence of postings alluded to in previous post, cannot now find anything wrong with them (perhaps I just had a "brain explosion"?)
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